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Meet the 2022 Alumni Award Honorees

April 14, 2022

On Saturday, May 14 the 43rd Annual Alumni Awards will honor eight extraordinary individuals who are innovating new possibilities around the globe, and our Wavemakers—exceptional legacy leaders, actively creating opportunities as we work together to create a better tomorrow. Let’s take a moment to celebrate our very best.

UC San Diego Honors 2022 Integrity Champions

April 14, 2022

Efforts to uncover sexual harassment and work to ensure the integrity of remote learning were recognized at UC San Diego’s 12th annual Integrity Awards.

Bioengineers Visualize Fat Storage in Fruit Flies

April 14, 2022

For the first time, researchers have visually monitored, in high resolution, the timing and location of fat storage within the intact cells of fruit flies.

Newly Admitted Black Students Welcomed to Triton Family

April 14, 2022

There were no strangers at the Black Family Get Together; everyone who walked through the door of the Black Resource Center on April 1 formed instant connections. Smiles and lively conversation drew in the guests—UC San Diego’s newly admitted first year Black students and their families.

Kyoto Prize Laureates and Scholars Recognized in Hybrid Gala

April 14, 2022

On March 30, the 21st annual Kyoto Prize Symposium acknowledged this year’s distinguished Kyoto Prize laureates and scholars in an innovative hybrid gala, a mix of in-person and virtual presentations live-streamed for free as part of a week of festivities.

Ambitious New Environmental Challenge Aims to Rewild 40 Globally Significant Island Ecosystems from

April 14, 2022

As island communities around the world suffer some of the worst effects of biodiversity loss and climate change, there is a critical need for conservation efforts that strategically benefit both islands and their interconnected ocean ecosystems.

Amy M. Sitapati Named 2022 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Recipient

April 13, 2022

UC San Diego Health physician recognized for her humanistic approach to medicine and delivery of care for patients and their families.

E-cigarettes Alter Inflammatory State of Brain, Heart, Lungs and Colon

April 12, 2022

UC San Diego study shows chronic JUUL use leads to inflammatory changes across the body, and may affect organs’ response to infection; results depend on e-cigarette flavor.

UC San Diego Computer Scientist Honored for Bug Work

April 12, 2022

Yuanyuan (YY) Zhou has been honored with an Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) 2022 most influential paper for her 2008 study that helps debug software for multicore processors.

Researchers Map Lung Development After Birth Into Late Childhood for the First Time

April 12, 2022

How do the lungs develop after taking their first breaths outside the womb? What cellular events and changes early in life give rise to lung malfunction and disease? UC San Diego researchers developed a single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development that could help answer these questions.
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